Policemen and women attached to the Special Services Division Mobile Squad 02 and several other police officers from Hela province, attached to the NCD/Central Division came together in a solemn group to show solidarity in the face of utmost pain.
Members of the police force, and men from Hela who served in their home province, came together to show respect for their fallen comrade.
Represented by senior officers, SSD First Constable Thomas Andale and Peterson Haguai from Police Headquarters, the men and women from Hela banded together in respect to the traditions of their ancestors, to contribute money and other store goods to offer to the family of late Senior Constable Nelson Kalimda who died in the line of duty two weeks ago in Hela.
K3000 cash and K2000 worth of store goods were raised to go towards the wife and family of late Kalimda.
In hopes to bring closure to the family, First constable Thomas Andale in his address stated that as fellow police officer and Hela man, what had transpired in the few weeks that had gone by was unacceptable and for them to come together like this was to show respect to the family of their fallen comrade.
“We are here to show the family that as police officers, want them to know that we are also saddened by the loss of our comrade in arms and this is how we want to pay our respects to a fellow policeman who wore this uniform,” Andale said.
Andale added that since discovery of Late Kalimda’s body in his home province, the whole of Hela is bearing the consequence of being ostracized by the general public due to the actions of one person and hopes that this gesture will help to restore the good name of the people of Hela.